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Dichromodes ainaria

A geometer or looper moth at Namadgi National Park

Dichromodes ainaria at Namadgi National Park - 2 Nov 2017
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Identification history

Dichromodes ainaria 31 Jan 2024 donhe
Dichromodes ainaria 31 Jan 2024 Kallies
Dichromodes disputata 7 Nov 2017 ibaird
Dichromodes disputata 7 Nov 2017 GlennCocking
Dichromodes diffusara 2 Nov 2017 ibaird
Unidentified 2 Nov 2017 JohnBundock

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3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   3 Nov 2017
Referring to Moths of Victoria, Part 4 this looks like Dichromodes diffusaria, p.22, Disbursed Heath Moth, (Vic, NSW, Qld) see also Lepidoptera Butterfly House http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chro/diffusaria.html , see also BOLD systems, 2 records (SA, NSW)
GlennCocking wrote:
   7 Nov 2017
This looks like another specimen of the variable Dichromodes disputata. D. diffusa has more clean-cut transverse lines (more so than the MoV illustration suggest, when you see a group of them together)
GlennCocking wrote:
   14 Oct 2019
Looking at this again after the recent 4237155 D. diffusaria, I reckon I got this one wrong. It is also D. diffusaria as originally suggested.

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